Universal Human Rights
This 1948 United Nations document sets out basic rights that all humans should have.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Who was known for 'freeing the slaves'?
Abraham Lincoln
What did British colonisers claim Australia was when they first arrived?
Terra Nullius
This word describes the ability to think, speak, and act without unfair restriction.
Freedom/Liberty
Both the African American and Indigenous Australian civil rights movements aimed to achieve this.
Equality
This organisation adopted the UNDHR after World War II.
The United Nations
This leader is famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Martin Luther King Jr
The name given to the period of inhumane treatment towards Indigenous Australians.
The Stolen Generations
These things are created to protect our rights and freedoms, but sometimes they harm them too.
Laws
The UNDHR influenced many national laws by promoting this idea worldwide.
Human Rights
One key idea of the UNDHR is that all humans are born with this, regardless of race, gender, or nationality.
This African American Resistance group fought back against racial and physical abuse.
The Black Panthers.
Indigenous Australians were not counted in the national census until this year.
1967
This right allows people to express opinions without government punishment.
Freedom of speech
Both movements used this method to challenge unfair laws and attitudes.
Protest/Activism
This right protects people from being arrested or punished without a fair legal process.
What is the right to a fair trial / rule of law?
This woman sat at the back of a bus in protest of racism.
Rosa Parks
Who was the Prime Minister who delivered 'The Apology'?
Kevin Rudd
Protests, boycotts, and strikes are examples of people exercising this democratic right.
Right to protest/freedom of assembly
Which civil rights movement happened first?
America
The UNDHR couldn't have been created without this document which was created in 1215, in Medieval Europe.
The Magna Carta
What year did African Americans achieve the right to vote?
1965/1960s
What was the name of the man who fought in court to overturn the decision that Australia was Terra Nullius?
Eddie Mabo
When someones rights or freedoms are breached, which court is this matter resolved in?
Civil Court
What is the difference between the African American Civil Rights Movement and the Indigenous Australian Civil Rights Movement?
African Americans were forcibly brought to a country in which they were racially discriminated against, while Indigenous Australians faced discrimination within their own homeland.